Sometimes all that’s needed to bring new energy to a well-trod genre is to inject some deceptively simple innovation into...
The female experience is such a broad phrase, one that feels othering and makes women feel like monsters. But director...
The horror genre has always been unparalleled in how it handles trauma, but even Alex Noyer’s first feature film Sound of Violence feels like an aberration among its peers. This extension of Noyer’s short Conductor tells the origin story of a sound engineer named Alexis (Jasmin Savoy Brown); her method...
Directed by Joe Marcantonio, who co-wrote the film with Jason McLogoan, Kindred stars Tamara Lawrance as a recently widowed and newly pregnant...
For the past few years, the #MeToo movement has been going strong as survivors of sexual assault come forward with...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we consume entertainment. Instead of going to concerts, we’re watching musicians play acoustic songs in their living room. Instead of going to the movies, we’re streaming new releases at home. When it comes to film festivals, organizers had to either cancel, postpone, or...
South by Southwest (SXSW to the cool kids) isn’t happening this year due to the global spread of coronavirus. A...
One of the many great things about horror films is their ability to come in all shapes and sizes, styled...
Tucked between the groundbreaking documentaries and independent features that always come to the Tribeca Film Festival are a series of short films that defy any sense of normalcy. Branded the ‘genre’ section of Tribeca’s short film menu, these small masterpieces explore humanity in ways that only science-fiction, horror, and fantasy...
Social media can be a pretty negative space most of the time, but for a small group of aspiring filmmakers...
Celebrating its 10th year, the Panic Film Festival kicks off on April 28th at the historic Screenland Armour Theatre in...
Three years ago writer/director Jill Gevargizian made waves with a short film that featured a tortured hairstylist taking more than a little off the top. Expanding on that short, Gevargizian’s debut feature The Stylist celebrated it’s world premiere at Celebration of Fantastic Fest 2020, gracing audiences with a gory look...